Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic.  Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even as service providers move to converge infrastructure and adopt more flexible cloud-based approaches.  In this webinar, we’ll share some of the challenges that service providers have been facing, cover the key [...]

A recent U.S.$64 million (€48 million)  contract with Telefónica in Peru may be a good sign for Eventis. The Spanish company, which focuses on technology, telecommunications and infrastructure, is looking for growth in Latin America, and in early January, Eventis’ Peruvian arm, Calatel, signed a four-year contract with Telefónica Peru to provide outside services to [...]

Correction note: after this post was published it was noticed that the word billion was used inappropriate in lieu of the word million. Brazil’s largest carriers — Vivo, Claro, Oi, TIM and Nextel — have joined together in a consortium to build distributed antenna systems (DAS) in the soccer stadiums that will host the FIFA [...]

Femtocells deployments have yet to start in Brazil due to a lack of required legislation. A proposed bill that would regulate small cells aimed at extending network coverage indoors is under public consultation until Jan. 25. However, while Brazilian telecom regulatory Anatel mulls the rules, Vivo, a unit of the Spanish group Telefónica, has conducted [...]

The software giant Microsoft announced it will invest U.S.$98.24 million (R$200 million) focused on research, development and innovation in Brazil. The company said it will boost national competitiveness, while unveiling a series of planned initiatives to establish an advanced technology laboratory (ATL) located in Rio de Janeiro.  Follow RCR Wireless News—Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters [...]

Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) is ready to provide LTE equipment that is locally manufactured in Brazil, in line with LTE auction rules, to wireless operators that will launch the next generation of telecommunications, starting in the first quarter of 2013. The Brazilian carrier Oi has chosen NSN as a vendor, along with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson. NSN [...]

Although Brazilian telecom companies signed a commitment statement to enhance infrastructure sharing when deploying LTE networks, this subject is still hotly debated when it comes to 2G and 3G networks. Telefónica’s Brazil mobile unit Vivo appears to have taken the lead on the issue, since the company has already sold 80% of its towers. The [...]

With thousands of soccer fans taking pictures, shooting videos and sharing them in social networks, what is the the best way to support the rapid growth in data demand during soccer games? The Estadio Maria Alberto Kempes, a soccer stadium in Argentina, has chosen to deploy a distributed antenna system (DAS) to enhance the experience [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO – Infrastructure vendor Alcatel-Lucent is looking to get back into the Brazilian market, having sat out the 3G evolution. The company was a significant player in deploying 2G networks and is hoping to become a player again with LTE services. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters Alcatel-Lucent was one of [...]

The evolution from 3G to LTE networks challenges wireless telecom operators as it represents changes such as moving to all IP traffic and a direct communication from the eNodeB to EPC, having no distributed controller in aggregation as with 2G or 3G networks. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters In addition, carriers have specific [...]